Tibet: Free Tibet Concert to Mark 47th Year of Uprising

This event will, amongst others, showcase the political history of Tibet and pay tribute to those who lost their lives for Tibet, but His Holiness teachings and the Kalachakra form the backbone

The 47th commemoration of the national uprising of Tibet
will be marked by various activities. Apart from the official function where
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kalon Tripa and ATPD Chairperson a musical concert
in tribute to the martyrs of Tibet will be held at the Tibetan Institute of
Performing Arts in the evening.

Organized jointly by the Indian chapter of the Students for
a Free Tibet and Sarah chapter of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, the event
will showcase the political history of Tibet and pay tribute to the brave Tibetans
who laid their lives for Tibet. And with the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama soon to begin and the Kalachakra having just concluded the event is expected
to draw a huge crowd of foreigners, Tibetans from Tibet and within India and
locals.

"The Free Tibet Concert" will feature popular Tibetan
singers like Techung who will sing patriotic songs from his albums. Techung
has also taken part in a similar event last year.

This concert is a gathering for the Tibetan people to come
together and remember the importance of the day in our history, said Tenzin
Choeying, a lawyer and the president of the SFT, India.

"Spirit of the Struggle", a 15 minute pictorial documentary
film will be shown to present a visual journey through post 1959 Tibet.

Tibetans salute the patriots for their invaluable contribution
to the Tibetan freedom struggle which has survived all odds and growing ever
bigger today, said Top la, the president of the RTYC, Sarah.

Mr. Lobsang Yeshi, the acting President of Tibetan Youth Congress
and Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan writer and activist have been invited to speak during
the public gathering.

A special invitation has been extended to the former Tibetan
political prisoners living in Dharamsala as mark of appreciation of their sacrifices.
Eminent freedom fighter Ama Adhe will light a ritual lamp as a mark of tribute
to all martyrs.

SFT and RTYC will run a general Tibet information stall and
"Release Panchen Rinpoche" campaign alongside the concert. A fifty
metre banner carrying the wordings "No Olympic in China Until Tibet is
Free" will be available for people to show their solidarity and support
by imprinting their hands on it.. This fifty metre banner will be sent to International
Olympic Committee in Switzerland.